Boxbrownie
Member Since: 17 Mar 2019
Location: Looe
Posts: 2053
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Well we did it........actually the car was better than it looked in the pictures, and we wouldn't have travelled 7 hours to view if it hadn't looked pretty in the first place.
Just a couple of small "parking" scrapes on the car (front bumper side mark showing a bit of black plastic, rear wheel arch paint rubbed, nice easy fixes) the reat of the body is all about spotless, no ASDA door dinks, no greenery scratches, no cracks in any lamps, really pleased.
Interior is absolutely spotless, the light leather is not even stained/dirty and the interior has not got that "used car dealer" high gloss shine all over it, to be honest I don't believe the dealer even hoovered that car, it has that feeling of being looked after and cleaned regulary by the owner, very pleased again.
There are a couple of things we have issues with, test drive revealed a noisy (I think) diff which drones/grumbles above 50-60 mph and a bit of a jolt upon kickdown (I reckon that's low/dirty fluid, needs changing anyway 110K).
Moaned about the diff and got a good chunk knocked off the price for that, also the spare was missing so a new one was bought from the local LR dealer and fitted in the trunk (not by us, the dealer) before we left.
I budgeted I reckon 6-700 for the diff at our local LR specialist (if not it's a day trip to Worcester), of course the rear grumble might be just wheel bearing, not sure yet but I have my suspicions it's diff.
Other than that the car drove really well, felt nice and tight, brakes immediate and smooth, engine is almost silent and gives a lovely growl when pushed a bit, nice......and the first 4X4 which will "chirp" the tyres on accel from zero, must be careful of that until diff/tranny is sorted though.
The whole car as a package is exactly what we wanted so TBH even if it costs us a bit to make it "our perfect" it'll be well worth it to us.
Side steps are a pain though, thought they might be a good idea down here as the local hedgerows aren't leaves they are 'kin GRANITE......but the steps do make ingress/egress a bit of a pain, jurys out. Regards
David
Lovely i6 has now gone, but not me......
Please let me know if anything in my post offends you, as I may wish to offend you again......
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